Hideo Kojima’s revolutionary franchise, Metal Gear Solid, remains one of the most beloved tactical espionage (and wacky military dramatizations) of all time. Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater have served as compelling examples of definitive stealth mechanics based on weather, smell, temperature, and outfitted camouflage (among many other features) coupled with resounding narrative themes delve […]
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RTX 3070 review: A solid upgrade with a solid price tag
Nvidia has put forward a powerful trio of new graphics cards this fall: the GeForce RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090. Polygon’s own Chris Plante tried out the RTX 3080 in September, which costs $699 and can play modern games on a 4K monitor at 60 frames per second (or at a higher frame rate than […]
Metal Gear Solid board game delayed another year to 2021
Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game has been delayed, publisher IDW Games announced Friday. Interested parties now shouldn’t expect to get this cardboard box in their hands until summer 2021. This isn’t the first time that the hotly anticipated game from Specter Ops developer Emerson Matsuuchi has been delayed. In November 2019, IDW announced that […]
Metal Gear Solid 5 On PS3 Is Now Nuke-Free, Unlocking A Special Cutscene
In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, there’s a cutscene that only triggers if your server achieves total nuclear disarmament. To get this cutscene, it needs to be the case that no one on your gaming platform has or is developing any nuclear weapons on their Forward Operating Base. Unlocking this cutscene requires global […]
Metal Gear Solid 5 Players Do The Impossible, Destroy All Nukes On PS3
In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, there’s a cutscene that only triggers if your server achieves total nuclear disarmament–that is, no one on your gaming platform has or is developing any nuclear weapons on their Forward Operating Base. It’s a cutscene that requires global cooperation to unlock–and now, five years later, one group […]
MLB The Show 20 Review – Solid Contact
Baseball in real life is often criticized for its slow pace, but I like its flow in MLB 20. It’s different from most other sports in that the moment-to-moment experience isn’t continuous, but I enjoy the built-in tension before, during, and after crucial plays in MLB The Show 20. The action goes from 0 to […]